Leading photographer and artist Samar Singh Jodha, has been conducting workshops for marginalised and disabled children in Asia and Africa to empower and bring joy to their lives with the help of the camera. Here he talks about his transformative initiative.
I have been conducting photography workshop on pro bono basis for underprivileged children in Asia, Africa and Middle East. Over the last several years, the workshops have been going beyond the honing of children’s creativity to help raise…
Can a person with diabetes eat fruit? Which fruits and how much? Can they eat nuts? Dietitian and Diabetes educator Ujjwala Baxi has all the answers. Fruits are healthy, but even healthy individuals cannot binge on fruits. Excessive fruit intake has shown to have negative implications on triglycerides (a type of lipid detected in the blood lipids profile test). A healthy, active individual can have 4-5 servings of fruit a day, which is 500g of fruit. अब हिन्दी में पढ़ें…
Rima Desai Rao, a registered dietitian, nutritionist and National Executive Member of the Indian Dietetic Association explains how your diet works to keep you healthy and help build immunity. Keeping our immune system in prime condition is always of top priority in these challenging times. Any mention of boosting immunity, one starts thinking of superfoods and thinks it is a very quick job. Immuno boosters are not a magic potion that would provide immediate protection from disease.…
There is increasing evidence on use of Yoga as a complementary therapy for people undergoing active treatment of breast cancer, and for coping with mental health, fatigue and range of motion issues in survivors. With Dr. Rohini Patil of Knitted Knockers. More studies are showing that yoga improves Quality Of Life for breast cancer survivors and those undergoing active treatment. We have also learned from many personal lived experience on how yoga has benefitted them. Dr. Rohini…
Running out of ideas on what to cook? Here are 5 easy to cook one pot meals or mid day snacks that are nutrititious and tasty. By Dietician Shruti Hirlekar Mughalai Groundnut bhel Ingredients Groundnuts (½ cup or 28 grams) soaked and steamed Finely chopped spinach/palak (1 cup) Kidney beans or rajma (1/4 cup) soaked and steamed Puffed rice (1 cup) Rice flakes (1/2 cup) Green chutney as per taste Dates Chutney as per taste Salt as per taste. Directions Mix all…
Shikha Aleya, who has dealt with anxiety, shares her experience of accepting the changed scenario due to Covid-19, her self-care routines and coping strategies that address the various aspects that matter to her. I understand anxiety having worked through it over decades. First I suggest we accept that a certain degree of anxiety has its place in this scheme of things. What is that degree? To the extent that you are okay with it, understand it and are holding space for yourself. I choose…
As we move into varying degrees of home quarantine, stay home setting and lockdown, Shital Raval compiles a list of tips for handling this situation. As psychotherapist H'vovi Bhagwagar said in the webinar (video link below), its important to start with Acceptance of the situation. The word “quarantine” first came into place during the Plague epidemic in Italy. But to be clear, quarantine and isolation are two different and separate things. Quarantine means confinement of individuals who…
Anemia affects more than 50% of women and children in India. This has significant consequences on their health. Dietitian Shruti Hirlekar suggests a couple of easy recipes and other diet tips to prevent and address Anemia. Anaemia is the deficiency in the number of red blood cells or the amount of haemoglobin they contain. This deficiency limits the exchange of oxygen and carbon-dioxide between the blood and tissue cells. Haemoglobin is a conjugated protein containing four heme group and globin…
People are increasingly exploring meditation as a way to mental wellbeing. Vineet Saraiwala, who has retinitis pigmentosa and is an avid trekker, marathoner and an endurance cyclist, rang in 2020 at a meditation centre. Here, he writes about his experiences and the questions people harbour about meditation. Meditation can produce a deep state of relaxation and a tranquil mind. It keeps the mind focussed and body relaxed and provides inner calm. Recently, I went to for 10-day introductory…
A filling and high protein, nutritious, gluten free salad recipe with nuts and seeds that even children love. Easy to make. Ingredients 1 cup foxtail millet (Tamil: Thinai / Telugu: Kirra / Malayalam: Thinna / Kannada: Navane/ Hindi: Kangni) ¼ cup diced onions 2 tbsps of pine nuts (any available nut such as almonds, walnuts, pistachios etc can be used.) 1 tbsp flax seeds ¼ cup sundried tomatoes (finely chopped) ¼ cup of olives (green or black) finely chopped Salt to taste Pinch of…
